Gaurishankar Attempt. A Korean expedition led by Park Jong-Soo ...

G aurishankar A ttem pt. A K orean expedition led by Park Jong-Soo tried to clim b G aurishankar’s southw est ridge and over the south sum m it to the main sum m it. D uring their O ctober clim bing period, it snow ed on three out o f four days. The m em bers finally quit from having w orn them selves out breaking trail and carrying loads. The high point reached was 6200 m eters on the southw est ridge on O ctober 31 by Lee Jung-Sin and Park Joung-Y un. Lee fell sick. On N ovem ber 1 they decided to abandon the clim b. M ic h a e l

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